Table 2.
Farmers’ market shopping behaviours and fruit and vegetable intake among farmers’ market shoppers (n 645) in New York City and North Carolina
| Total (n 645) | New York City (n 377) | North Carolina (n 268) | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Farmers’ market shopping behaviours | |||||||
| Frequency of FV purchase (times/months) | 2·5 | 1·5 | 2·4 | 1·5 | 2·6 | 1·5 | 0·069 |
| FV purchase variety (# of different types of FV) | 2·7 | 4·4 | 3·1 | 5·3 | 2·3 | 2·8 | 0·011 |
| Usual FV purchases ($/week) | 23·15 | 22·75 | 24·88 | 21·65 | 20·87 | 23·98 | 0·035 |
| Fruit and vegetable intake | |||||||
| Fruit intake (cups/d) | 2·2 | 1·4 | 2·2 | 1·4 | 2·1 | 1·3 | 0·082 |
| Vegetable intake (cups/d) | 2·5 | 1·4 | 2·4 | 1·4 | 2·5 | 1·3 | 0·328 |
| Mean skin carotenoid score | 289·2 | 131·2 | 313·4 | 140·6 | 254·1 | 107·2 | < 0·001 |
FV, fruits and vegetables.
Significance at the α < 0·05 level indicated using boldface type.